3.19. Summary
- Linear data structures maintain their data in an ordered fashion.
- Stacks are simple data structures that maintain a LIFO, last-in
first-out, ordering.
- The fundamental operations for a stack are
push, pop, and
isEmpty.
- Queues are simple data structures that maintain a FIFO, first-in
first-out, ordering.
- The fundamental operations for a queue are
enqueue, dequeue,
and isEmpty.
- Prefix, infix, and postfix are all ways to write expressions.
- Stacks are very useful for designing algorithms to evaluate and
translate expressions.
- Stacks can provide a reversal characteristic.
- Queues can assist in the construction of timing simulations.
- Simulations use random number generators to create a real-life
situation and allow us to answer “what if” types of questions.
- Deques are data structures that allow hybrid behavior like that of
stacks and queues.
- The fundamental operations for a deque are
addFront, addRear,
removeFront, removeRear, and isEmpty.
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